system viable, but they re bitterly opposed by unions, who ve held weeks of strikes and protests. the actor lance reddick, best known for starring in the wire series, has died, aged 60. his publicist said he died suddenly on friday morning. he had recently been taking part in a press tour for the fourth john wick movie. he also appeared in angel has fallen and godzilla vs kong. his image was one of the defining moments of the war in iraq, which began 20 years ago this weekend. ali abbas was just 12 when he lost his parents and his brother in a missile strike that caused him life changing injuries. photos of him lying in a baghdad hospital moved the world and ali was brought to britain for medical treatment, where he s stayed and become a british citizen. our correspondent, caroline hawley, has been to meet him. few iraqis carry deeper scars
one of my arms came off. ali now has a precious new family member. hello! his five year old son, yusef, who s with his mother in baghdad, though ali hopes to bring him here. when i go back to iraq, he s always spoiling me, you know? he doesn t let me do anything. he is trying to be my carer, you know? he s taking good care of me. yeah. if i m trying to do something with my feet, he lljust say, no, daddy, i ll do that for you. you don t have to do it. he likes going out with me in the car a lot. you know, he likes my driving. i try to live independent. i do many things, i can write with my feet. i can use the phone. i can also hug him with my feet, you know. so it s ok with that. i just want to make a good future for my son, you know? and i hope also maybe i can
fergus walsh, bbc news. now, his image was one of the defining moments of the war in iraq which began 20 years ago this weekend. ali abbas was just 12 when he lost his parents and his brother in a missile strike that caused him life changing injuries. photos of him lying in a baghdad hospital moved the world, and ali was brought to britain for medical treatment where he s stayed, and become a british citizen. our correspondent caroline hawley has been to meet him. few iraqis carry deeper scars from the invasion than ali abbas. his father had been desperate to see the end of saddam hussein s dictatorship. we were farmers. my father was saying that when he see the americans coming, he lljust make, like, a party for them. he ll make a barbecue. you know, we werejust
hoping for a better life. we were thinking that getting rid of saddam, we will have a good future for iraq. but it s never happened. i never know any family that they haven t lost a loved one, you know? ali s family had fled the capital, baghdad, for safety, but returned thinking the worst was over just hours before their home was hit by a rocket. i remember the house collapsed on us. the fire everywhere. ihear my. my mother screaming, and my father also. it was terrible. i felt the fire burning my body and my arms. so this picture was the first picture when i arrived in hospital. i remember my neighbour was telling me that when he pulled me out of the rubble, you know, that. because my arm was so badly burned. so when he pulled me out,
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